# Amputations at USA Fasteners
> OSHA SIR `2018077304` · 7/19/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Fasteners
- **Location:** 1300 Gazin Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a band saw for cutting round bar. While cleaning out the shavings, the clamp closed onto his left hand causing a partial amputation of the left pinky finger.

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